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Sound waves [unlike electromagnetic radiation] must have a 'medium' or substance through which to travel. A graphed 'wave' is not an analog representation of a sound, but literally a graph of wavelength/frequency on the X axis and amplitude/loudness on the Y axis. Imagine a bubble-like slab or thick sheet of "pressure" moving through the air away from the sound source. The slab is going to have a thickness. It must, because the pressure is moving through a physical substance (air, water, whatever) and because if there were zero thickness, there would be no "pressure". The amount of pressure in the curved slab determines the volume/loudness of the sound. How closely stacked the slabs are next to each other determines the pitch (high/low) being produced.
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Does sound produce waves?
Yes sound does produce waves. These special waves are called sound waves.
Does a soft sound have tall waves?
No, soft sound waves have short waves. Loud sound waves are the ones that have tall waves.
Why are sound waves are described as pressure waves?
Sound waves are described as pressure waves because waves produces pressure by which sound is produces
Bats can sense obstacles because they produce 1. supersonic sound waves 2. ultrasonic sound waves 3.infrasonic sound waves 4. micro Sound waves?
ultrasonic sound waves
How do sound waves differ from water waves?
they differ because waves are sound waves and water waves are waves in the water.
Does sound produce waves?
Yes sound does produce waves. These special waves are called sound waves.
What sound waves do?
Sound waves carry sound
Sound waves are examples of what?
sound waves are a example of mechanical waves
Does a soft sound have tall waves?
No, soft sound waves have short waves. Loud sound waves are the ones that have tall waves.
Why are sound waves are described as pressure waves?
Sound waves are described as pressure waves because waves produces pressure by which sound is produces
What does sound travel on?
Waves; sound waves.
Bats can sense obstacles because they produce 1. supersonic sound waves 2. ultrasonic sound waves 3.infrasonic sound waves 4. micro Sound waves?
ultrasonic sound waves
How do sound waves differ from water waves?
they differ because waves are sound waves and water waves are waves in the water.
Is collecting sound the same as captureing sound waves?
Sound waves are what make up sound (sound waves=sound) so I would suppose so.
How do vibrations produce sound waves?
sound waves dont produce vibrations, vibrations are sound waves.
Define the term sound waves?
Waves of sound.
What is the type of waves that transmit sound?
Sound waves
